Does anyone agree?

YES IT DOES......THATS WHY I HAVE HOBBIES THAT INVOLVE OTHER PEOPLE AND A

PUPPY.....WOMEN LOVE LITTLE PUPPIES........I HAVE MET A LOT OF WOMEN AT

WALL-MART'S EVEN.....

Sometimes I get lonely but not too often.

Read your profile... Seems to me you have various interests to keep some loneliness at bay...

I get lonely once in a blue moon. I kinda like my freedom. So no I don't agree. I am good alone as well as with another

Only if you wallow in it.
Otherwise it's just like hunger.
An emotional signal telling you to do something.
Hunger sucks.
You can either go online and order a quick pizza delivery, maybe feeling full for a few hours, or go to life's culinary school by finding people to go out and interact with on a face to face level thereby learning to "cook" for yourself to keep yourself fed.

Loneliness does suck, but being alone does not necessarily equal being lonely.

THE VERY WORST IS BEING ALONE IN A CROWD....EVEN THAT IS EASILY

FIXED......FEELING LONELY IS A WAY OUR MINDS TELL US THAT THAT WE ARE NOT

GETTING OUR NEEDS MET.........????.WE NEED TO GO OUT AND RECYCLE SOME FAVORITE

FEELINGS??? ITS EASY WE ALL HAVE STARTING GATE POSITIONS......

Hmmm. Well, it sure doesn't work as a vacuum cleaner. I've tried. So no, I wouldn't say it "sucks."

It's unpleasant, I'll go with that.

Something to recognize, in dealing with loneliness and how bad it feels in particular, is that indulging oneself too much in how dreadful it is, actually tends to REDUCE one's attractiveness, and make loneliness continue, and even get worse.

People who are too focused on how bad they feel:

* present a negative appearance to others, because they tend to have a very unpleasant "resting face;"

* often become angry in their frustration, and begin to demand that they deserve to be cared about more (which may be true, but it drives people away);

* often become so desperate, that they jump at anyone who so much as smiles in their general direction, and give the impression of being horrifyingly "clingy," even if they are not naturally that way when they feel well.

So yes, loneliness isn't fun. But managing it, dealing with it, and living your way out of it, is best done by NOT focusing on all the pain.

That is why I get out of the home and meet people when I can.

I don't agree, I've saved thousands by not having to buy gifts, nights out and when I go to the movies I only have to buy one tick. I also don't get in trouble for forgetting anniversaries like the first time I listen to her favorite song on the radio with her.

Well, yes, but you aren't writing in praise of LONELINESS, you are listing some advantages of BEING ALONE.

Not the same thing.

Same to just like you!

Yes it can be.
It is a good time to rest and reflect on things.

I gotta tell ya I got lonely yesterday and that doesn't happen to often. Rest and reflect on things like rooroo said and that's exactly what I did.

Lots of good responses.

Here, think about this.

Being lonely is a form of self-pity. Self pity is a delusion that is self-fulfilling. It is a form of depression. You can be alone but not lonely but if you are lonely you can be in a crowded room and still be alone.

Now let me shed some light for you...

Everyone is alone, all the time, from the moment we are born until the day we die. You may feel very close to someone else but in reality you are alone and only sharing time with another who is alone. There is only the "ME" in life never a "WE" unless you are multiple personality, then anything goes.